MARS

The Microbial Analyses, Resources, and Services (MARS) facility within the Center for Open Research Resources and Equipment at the University of Connecticut is a specialized next generation sequencing laboratory. MARS is a service lab focused on microbial community, amplicon, and small genome sequencing as well providing the UConn research community access to our fully equipped molecular laboratory. We offer both Illumina (MiSeq) and Oxford Nanopore (Gridion) DNA/RNA sequencing platforms. Equipment available for use includes sample preparation robots: Kingfisher Apex, Eppendorf epMotion 5075 TMX and Opentron OT-2 liquid handling robots (single and 8 channel pipetting from 0.1ul 1000ul), Qiagen QiCube and QiAgility. Additional equipment: Synergy HT plate reader (fluorescence, luminescence, and absorbance), Quibit 4.0, QiAxcel nucleic acid fragment analyzer, BioRad 384 well qpcr, Covaris M220 ultra-sonicator, along with standard molecular biological equipment (thermal cyclers,..

Primary location: Storrs United States